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People hunting monkeys in the jungle once devised a simple yet effective trap: When the creature found a banana in a large jar with a narrow neck, it would plunge its paw in to retrieve it. But it couldn t let go. And unless the monkey released the banana,…
"Refreshingly voice-y, wildly smart, and genuinely hilarious." - Casey McQuiston, New York Times bestselling author of Red, White & Royal Blue From an exciting new voice comes a funny and heartfelt YA romance set in the world…
'Leonard Cohen taught us that even in the midst of darkness there is light, in the midst of hatred there is love, with our dying breath we can still sing Hallelujah.' - The late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks 'Among the finest volumes on Cohen s life and…
'Tender, devastating, witty. And deeply true. Sweetbitter meets Normal People' MEG MASON, author of SORROW AND BLISS_____________________________________________________________________________A bitingly honest, darkly funny debut about love, sex, power…
'A masterpiece' Peter Pomerantsev 'Kinstler reminds us of the dangerous instability of truth and testimony, and the urgent need, in the twenty-first century, to keep telling the history of the twentieth' Anne Applebaum'Searching and powerful.…
You know less than you think you do - about what makes you healthy, what makes you rich, who you should date, where you should live. You know less than you think you do about how to raise your children, or, for that matter, whether you should have children…
Let me tell you what this book is not. It's not about religion. It's not about telling you how to live your life.It's not about taking on a new set of beliefs. Plain and simple, it's about how to relate to your own thoughts and emotions in a way that…
'Captivating, emphatic and deeply inspiring, Sexual Revolution lifted me greatly by envisioning the possibilities of our moment' V (formerly Eve Ensler) 'Brilliant; vital; revolutionary' Kate Manne _________________ This is a story about how…
One of our most important political thinkers looks to the greatest challenge of our time: how to live together equally and peacefully in diverse democracies. It s easy to be pessimistic about the fate of democracy in multi-ethnic societies. At the end…
England, 1989. Over the course of a burning hot summer, two very different men traumatized Falklands veteran Calvert, and affable, chaotic Redbone set out nightly in a clapped-out camper van to undertake an extraordinary project. Under cover of darkness,…
A TIMES AND OBSERVER HIGHLIGHT FOR 2022 In this gripping book, Andrew Doig explores the fascinating biology of our own mortality and, crucially, what death can teach us about life Prof. Lewis Dartnell, author of Origins 'An enthralling…
A leading historian of modern China. He is a rare scholar, adept in both Russian and Chinese . .. Combined with this linguistic skill, Dik tter has a writer's gift EVENING STANDARD From the Samuel Johnson Prize-winning author of Mao's Great…
The first collection of short fiction from legendary comic book writer Alan Moore Illuminations is a momentous, wildly original collection of short stories from the king of comics (Guardian), each featuring some kind of illumination or realisation.…
The history book you need if you want to understand modern Russia' ANNE APPLEBAUM A magnificent, magisterial thousand year history of Russia . . .by one of the masters of Russian scholarship' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE A great historian at the peak of his…
How did a collective of self-taught internet sleuths end up solving some of the biggest crimes of our time? Bellingcat, the home-grown investigative unit, is redefining the way we think about news, politics and the digital future. Here, their founder…
A woman known for her viral social media posts travels the world speaking to her adoring fans, her entire existence overwhelmed by the internet - or what she terms 'the portal'. Are we in hell? the people of the portal ask themselves. Are we all just…
September 3, 1939, the day of the Spanish exiles' splendid arrival in Chile, the Second World War broke out in Europe. Victor Dalmau is a young doctor when he is caught up in the Spanish Civil War, a tragedy that leaves his life - and the fate of his…
Paige Mahoney has eluded death again. Snatched from the jaws of captivity and consigned to a safe house in the Scion Citadel of Paris, she finds herself caught between those factions that seek Scion's downfall and those who would kill to protect the…